Obituaries

Glennville, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas

Peggy Pedrick

Peggy Pedrick

Sep 25, 2014

Peggy Folsom Pedrick, 51, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014 at Evans Memorial Hospital. She was born August 11, 1963 to R.D and Hazel Johnson Folsom and lived in Glennville most of her life. She was a graduate of Glennville High School and owner and operator of High Maintenance Salon. Her greatest joy was being with...

Gennis Folsom

Gennis Folsom

Sep 25, 2014

Gennis H. Folsom, 83 passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family under the care of Affinis Hospice. He was born in Glennville, GA on December 19, 1931 to Roy D. and Gertrude Hilton Folsom and lived here all of his life. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and retired...

Ramona Mercer

Ramona Mercer

Sep 25, 2014

Ramona Tempie Bagwell Mercer Metter- Mrs. Ramona Tempie Bagwell Mercer, 86, of Metter entered eternal peace at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro on Thursday, September 25, 2014. One of seven children she was raised by Tom and Grace Bagwell in Fairview, NC (a suburb of Asheville). She met her husband of 59 years, Dr. Russell Mercer,...

Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson

Sep 20, 2014

Valdosta/Glennville Mary Joanna Thompson, 88, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Fellowship Home. Born in Glennville, Georgia on August 22, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Willie R. and Edna Purcell Thompson. Miss Thompson graduated from Wesleyan College in 1947 where she made many cherished friendships. It was during her...

Tommy Cardell

Tommy Cardell

Sep 17, 2014

Tommy Gene Cardell Metter- Tommy Gene Cardell, 60, of Metter died Wednesday morning at Candler County Hospital. The Kissimmee, Florida native grew up in Metter and moved to Gainesville, GA in 1985, and returned to the area 2001. He was employed for many years by the Coca-Cola Company and worked for the Georgia Department of Corrections...

Patsy Fuller

Patsy Fuller

Sep 11, 2014

Patsy Tootle Fuller, 76, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2014 at Glenvue Health and Rehabilitation Center under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Tattnall County native had lived in Glennville all of her life. She was a retired seamstress at Glennville Lingerie and a homemaker. After retirement she spent her time caring for others in...

Sula Wilson

Sula Wilson

Sep 6, 2014

Sula Weathers Wilson, 89, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Glennville Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 4, 1925 to Pharis and Mammie Sikes Weathers and lived in Claxton most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Claxton Primitive Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents,...

Howard Tripp

Howard Tripp

Sep 5, 2014

Howard Arthur Tripp, 81 passed away Friday, September 5, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice inpatient center. The Bristol, Connecticut native spent the greater portion of his life in Norwich, New York where he taught High School Industrial Arts, Driver Education, Computer Applications and Computer Programming for 31 years. After retirement he moved to Glennville in 1994...

Aligene Lambdin

Aligene Lambdin

Sep 5, 2014

Aligene M. Lambdin, 93, died Friday, September 5, 2014 at Glenvue Health and Rehab. The Long County native had lived in Glennville and Knoxville TN most of her life. She was employed in the Food Service industry and a homemaker. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church in Lyons. She is preceded in death by...

Carroll Cobb

Carroll Cobb

Sep 2, 2014

Carroll DeLoach Cobb 80, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center in Statesboro. He was born in Glennville September 14, 1933 to Omer and Inez Deloach Cobb. He was a graduate of Glennville High School, Georgia Military College and The University of Georgia. He was an educator and coach at Glennville...

Wm. Donahue

Wm. Donahue

Sep 1, 2014

William "Bill" H. Donahue, 72 passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family and under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. He was born in Jesup, Georgia on September 5, 1941 to Harold E. and Lessie M. Hendrix Donahue. He retired from the U.S. Army as a SGM after 30 years...

Stephen Blocker

Stephen Blocker

Aug 29, 2014

Stephen L. Blocker 44, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014. He was born December 2, 1969 to Loy and Bonnie Blocker and lived in Glennville all of his life. He was a 1988 graduate of Glennville High School and Southeastern Technical College with a 4.0 average degree in Photography. After graduation he started his own production...

Doretha Thompson

Doretha Thompson

Aug 25, 2014

Doretha Blocker Thompson, 88, passed away Monday, August 25, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. She was born in Glennville and lived in Savannah and Guyton for many years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Senior Citizens of Springfield. She is preceded in death by her husband, Montell Thompson. She is survived...

Grady Lewis Jr

Grady Lewis Jr

Aug 23, 2014

Grady W. "Shady Grady" Lewis Jr., 60, passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. The Jeff Davis County native had lived in Reidsville for the past 20 years and owned and operated Shady Grady's Appliance and Discount Merchandise Store in Reidsville. He was a strong volunteer supporter of the fire and...

Betty Davis

Betty Davis

Aug 18, 2014

Betty Strickland Davis, 84, passed away Monday, August 18, 2014 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro. She lived in this area all of her life. She was a 1946 graduate of Glennville High School and a graduate of Shorter College in Rome, Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish. She was...

Christine Durrence

Christine Durrence

Aug 14, 2014

Christine Rogers Durrence 91, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2014 at The Annie C. Bruner House Personal Care Home under the loving care of Community Hospice. She was one of seven children born to the late Aden and Lennie Easterling Rogers of Glennville. Her marriage to Alvo V. Durrence in 1946 lasted for 46 years until...

Graham Knight

Graham Knight

Aug 13, 2014

Graham Knight, 94, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014 surrounded by his family and under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. He was born in Glennville on February 22, 1920 to William E. and Eva Pearl Lewis Knight and lived here all of his life. He was a farmer, and employed in the construction industry for...

Abbie Futch

Abbie Futch

Aug 9, 2014

Glennville, Abbie L. Futch 97, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014 at The Sutton Place in Glennville surrounded by her family, friends and under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. She was born in Glennville, Georgia July 20, 1917 to James E. and Emma Otto Futch. After graduation from Midway School in 1932 she moved to...

James Mcdaniel

James Mcdaniel

Aug 2, 2014

James Bobby McDaniel, 78, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Oxley Park Health and Rehab in Lyons. He was born in Cobbtown, GA November 24, 1935 to Woodrow and Melba Brantley McDaniel and lived in this area most of his life. He was a US Army Veteran and retired as a Lieutenant with Georgia State...

Bascum Higgs

Bascum Higgs

Aug 1, 2014

New Port Richey, Florida Bascum Dewayne Higgs, 70 passed away Friday, August 1, 2014 at HPH Hospice Center in Hudson, Florida. He was born November 21, 1943 in Jesup, Georgia to Bascum Leander and Ese Mae Stanfield Higgs. He had lived in Florida most of his life and was employed as an orderly in the Health...